La Coruña

/Spanish la koˈruɲa/

noun

1.

a port in NW Spain, on the Atlantic: point of departure for the Spanish Armada (1588); site of the defeat of the French by the British under Sir John Moore in the Peninsular War (1809). Pop: 243 902 (2003 est) Galician name A Coruña English name Corunna